Maple mustard baked beans
Yield: 6 Servings
Ingredients:
- 1 lb Navy beans
- 1 lg Onion cut in half
- 5 Whole cloves
- 1 lg Onion whole
- 1/3 c Dark brown sugar
- 1/2 c Maple syrup *Amber Grade Plus to taste
- 1/3 c Prepared coarse mustard Plus to taste
- 1 ts Salt
Instructions:
or minus to taste -Fresh grd. pepper to taste Wash and pick over beans to remove small stones. In a large saucepan place the beans with the onion halves and pour in enough water to cover them by 2-inches. Bring to a boil; boil 2 minutes. Remove from heat cover and let stand for 1 hour. Drain and discard the onion. Fill the pan with an equal amount of fresh hot water and bring to a boil. Simmer the beans for approximately 20-30 minutes or until partially done. Drain but reserve cooking water. In the meantime preheat the oven to 300 degrees F. Stick the cloves in the whole onion and place it in a bean pot. Place the beans on top. In a small bowl combine sugar maple syrup mustard salt and pepper and stir in 1/2 cup of bean cooking water. Pour this mixture over the beans cover the pot and place in the middle of the oven. Bake for about 2 1/2 hours. Uncover the pot and bake another half hour to brown the top. Check that the beans do not cook dry. Taste the beans add a little more syrup and/or mustard if necessary. From the recipe files of suzy@gannett.infi.net



